Fruit and vegetable pareb



P. SPORER.

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PARER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10'. 1920.

1,399,901 Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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PAUL SPORER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PARER.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that 1, P ior Sronnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at (lhicage in the county oi? Cool; and 5:1 te oi lllinois. have invented certain ne and useful Improvements in Fruit and Vegetable l arers. oi whicl'i the following is a si'ieciiication This invention relates to devices for paring or peeling fruits and vegetables and has for its object to provide a simple and ellicient z"*icle which can be manu actured all cost, thus making it :ivaia :hold purposes. The device is pref- :teuded to be clamped on a-tah e or other suitable support and no skill whatever is reeuired in the operation of the same.

in rue selected embodiment oi? my inveniown in the drawing:

Figure l. is a side levation of the invention (2 *I'nplete.

g. 2 i. an end elevation.

a". 3 is a sectional view of the cutter inemher on the line l3 of Fig. l.

l s. l is a section on the line of is a horizontal section on the 5-5 of 1.

Referring; to the dravings, a ciampr- 6 to grip a table 7 or other suitable supper On this clamping member is a casing- 8 in which are mounted the shafts 9 and it; in suitable bearings provided for the purpose. On these shafts 9 and 10 are respectively secured the intermeshing driving gears ll.

12. The projecting portion 13 ot' the shatt 9 is preferably threaded and this portion passes through the tapped hole 1% in the carrier 15. A guide bar 16 is mounted on the bracket 17 secured to lug); 6 on the clamping member 6 and his guide bar is adapted to it within the T shaped channel 19 in the carrier 15 to permit said carrier to slide longitudinally thereon.

Projecting upwardly from this carrier is the arm 20 on the upper extremity of which is mounted the cutter member This cutter member in the present embodiment is formed with a convex face having; slits 22 and 23 cut therein to form the cutting edges 24 and 25.

On the inner extremity of the shaft 10 is formed the vegetable or fruit holder 26 here comprising three projecting prongs 26 set in the head 27. The article to be op- Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

Serial No. 372,888.

rawings, is forced on the prongs and T with the hold- The holder nuiy .ted either direction by means of hand e acting through the medium the shafts 9 i0 and gears 11 and 12., uch rotation of the shaft 10 causes a cor- 'esponding travel of the carrier 15 longi u linally thereof. a

in the present embodiment of the invention, the arm is constructed of spring metal having; its lower extremity wound around the stud screw E29 and so positioned that the arm presses the cutter member 21 toward the ZiXlS oi the shaft 10, thus causing such cutter memlier to press firmly against the article on the holder and to follow the contour thereof.

By forming the cutter member with a convex face, as shown, this member will operate on the curved surface of the article from a position adjacent the head 92? to a corresponding position at the end of the artiole during the travel of the cutter ineinher.

In the operation of the device, the cutter member can start from either the 1 the outer end of the article, the h l turned in the proper way to cause the carrier to travel past the article. Upon the a hr the holder, leaving the cutter menjiber where it stopped at the completion oi? the previous operation, place new article on such holder. and start paring the same. l When the holder with the article tllSTGO. is roteting w th. its side toward the cutter n her moving do wil wardly, the cutting edge will operate whereas in the reverse movement the cutting edge 25 will operate.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion and arrangement of parts of my invention may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof and I therefore reserve the right to make all such changes as iairly fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a revoluble holder, a threaded shalt having; its axis substantially parallel with the axis of revolution oi? said holder a carrier pro vided with a tapped hole to receive and coact with said threaded shaft whereby revolution of said shaft shall cause a movement of said carrier longitudinally thereot in either direction depending upon the direc- ,member yieldingly mounted on said carrier to engage an article on said holder and constructed to out during the movement of the carrier in either direction.

2. In a device of the class described, a revoluble holder, a cutter member movable relative to said holder in opposite directions and constructed to cut during movement in either direction, said cutter member being formed With a convex operating face, means for actuating said holder, and means for yieldingly moving said cutter member toward the axis of said holder.

3. In a device of the class described, a revoluble holder, a cutter member movable relative thereto and having a convex operating face provided with lits therein to form cutting edges disposed to cut during movement of the cutter member in opposite directions, and means for actuating said holder and said cutter member.

4. In a device of the class described, a carrier movable relative thereto, a cutter Inounted on said carrier and having a convex face With slit therein, certain ec ges of said slits being bent outwardly to form cutting edges disposed to cut during movement of the cutter member in opposite directions, means for actuating said holder, and means for actuating said carrier.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a revoluble holder adapted to hold the articles to be operated upon, and a cutter member having oppositely directed cutting edges disposed at an angle to the direction of travel of said article.

6. In a device of the class described, the combinationof a revoluble holder adapted to hold the article to be operated upon, and a cutter member having a convex operating face provided With a cutting edge disposed at an angle to the direction of travel of said article.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of a revoluble holder adapted to hold the article to be operated upon, and a cutter member having a convex operating face provided with oppositely directed cutting edges disposed at an angle to the direction of travel of said article.

PAUL SPORER.

Witnesses OTTO RosnNrELD, WM. F. BELT. 

